10th World Rabies Day, September 28th

Jun 17, 2016 | Archived events

September 28th, 2016 will be the 10th annual World Rabies Day. There are several exciting plans in the pipeline for this milestone in the event’s history and – of course – we look forward to hearing your plans too.

Theme
As you may know, one of the outcomes from the Global Meeting in December was a target of 2030 for the elimination of human deaths from canine rabies (a goal that will save the lives of countless animals too). Building on this outcome, the theme for World Rabies Day 2016 is
Rabies: Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate.

Resources
You can find free downloadable logos in multiple languages and branding (like the image at the top of this email) for your documents and materials here

There are ideas, checklists and guidelines to organising an event here

And improving knowledge either to support your event or as part of your event has never been so easy with our free online courses, available here

Rounded Rectangle: World Rabies Day 2016 - Event Resources

A new way to register
Registering an activity takes five minutes and multiplies the impact of what you’re doing by making sure people outside your immediate network know about it.

As previously, you can register on our website here

Or – new for 2016 – you can register by creating a Facebook event. (Instructions on how to create a Facebook event are here – you’ll need a Facebook account to do this.)
If you opt to register via Facebook please make sure you

  1. Invite @Global Alliance for Rabies Control to your event (so Facebook notify us and we can include your event in the total number of events), and
  2. Tag the event #WorldRabiesDay (so other people can find you and to build momentum behind the hashtag).

We will then register the event on our website and send you the link to your event page. This process aims to make sure all events are accounted for and shown on the event map (and only shown once!).

Questions?
Regrettably, we cannot financially support individual events, but we are here to offer guidance, suggestions and connections where we can, so please get in touch if you have any questions.

Stay tuned…
As I mentioned in the opening paragraph, there is more in the pipeline and we will be in touch soon with updates. We look forward to sharing them with you – and we look forward to sharing your World Rabies Day events with the world.

Let’s keep pushing for elimination by 2030 by making #WorldRabiesDay 2016 the best so far.

Warm regards,
Liz Davidson
Global Community Engagement – GARC

P.S. If you already know what you’re doing, event registration is now open

Free Webinar June 28, 2016: One Health Approach for Elimination of Taenia solium Taeniosis/Cysticercosis

Jun 17, 2016 | Archived events

Free Webinar June 28, 2016: One Health Approach for Elimination of Taenia solium Taeniosis/Cysticercosis

Webinar on taenia

The One Health Commission is proud to support and share announcement of a free webinar: A One Health Approach for Elimination ofTaenia solium Taeniosis/ Cysticercosis

Webinar Date & Time: June 28, 2016 @ 9-11am EDT

This webinar will provide an overview of Taenia soliumtaeniosis/cysticercosis, its epidemiology, impact on human health and economic burden. One Health challenges for detection and treatment as well as opportunities for combating cysticercosis will be discussed.

Click here to register

Speakers will include subject matter experts A. Lee Willingham, BSc, DVM, PhD, Andrea Winkler, MD, PhD and Maria Vang Johansen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. EVPC.

While it is open to the public, medical, veterinary and public health professionals will especially benefit from attending this FREE webinar.

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Understand the life cycle and transmission of T. solium 
  2. Become aware of the parasite’s societal impacts
  3. Become familiar with the social determinants of T. solium infection
  4. Understand the linkage between cysticercosis and epilepsy/other neurological problems
  5. Become aware of challenges for case detection and management in resource limited endemic areas
  6. Become familiar with available and needed diagnostic and surveillance tools

Annual Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM)

Jan 12, 2016 | Archived events

SVEPM 2016

Early registration deadline: 1 February 2016

Poster deadline: 15 February 2016

The Annual Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) is a European non-profit society of epidemiology researchers, animal health scientists and economists, and veterinary public health specialists, who gather at annual meetings in different European countries. The organizers are expecting to approximately 200 participants at Elsinore.

The conference has a highly praised format with workshops on hot topics, in-depth oral presentations on advanced topics within the field and a large number of high quality posters encouraged by the society’s high quality standards.

The conference offers excellent networking opportunities and includes events for young scientists to boost their early career development. We have chosen the venue Konventum in Elsinore to nurture maximum benefits of the conference networking opportunities for the participants, because this venue will host all of us under one roof throughout the conference.

Two experienced researchers, risk managers or decision makers within animal health or public health are invited as keynote speakers to draw the big lines on recent and future developments within the field.

View full details on conference website: http://svepm2016.org/

Download the final programme
Register for the conference
Register your poster

17th International Congress on infectious Diseases

Sep 14, 2015 | Archived events

The International Society for Infectious Diseases will hold our next International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID) in Hyderabad, India, from the 2nd to the 5th March 2016. The ISID has always had a particular focus on the global burden of infectious diseases and I am therefore particularly pleased that the meeting will be held in India, the fi rst time that we have visited that country and a real opportunity for us to get to know the many colleagues who work there and in other parts of the region. The meeting will encompass all of the fields of infectious diseases with particular attention being paid to the major challenges of the region including AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia and enteric infections including typhoid fever and diarrhea. In addition, major areas of neglected tropical diseases will be discussed and there will be a particular focus on disease prevention and vaccination.

One of the things that distinguishes ISID meetings is the unique blend of state-of-the-art scientifi c presentations that encompass both basic science and clinical practice, delivered by a truly international faculty who uniquely have the handson experience and knowledge of the conditions that they discuss. Our meetings are also notable for their representation from an extraordinarily wide range of countries, and the opportunity for close exchange and communication between the most senior and more junior colleagues.

ISID is a truly global society with over 60,000 members worldwide, and a vibrant range of activities that includes ProMED, our biennial meeting on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IMED), a prestigious Fellowship program, the International Journal of Infectious Diseases and much more. We are greatly looking forward to collaborating with our colleagues in India and we hope you will be able to join us for what will be an outstanding meeting.

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